On 11 août 2012, at 16:24, LuKreme wrote: > On 10 Aug 2012, at 08:38 , Andrew Brown <li...@c18.net> wrote: >> I get a deal of spam, and have to check it all to make sure that there are >> no legitimate messages in there. >> >> I decided to get clever and set up an auto reply for all messages received >> from those not among my previous recipients, offering real people the chance >> to contact me by other means. > > This is a *terrible* idea. Not only are most of the messages going to bounce, > but the ones that don’t are spamming innocent people who’s email addresses > where forged. > > Stop doing this. Now. Never ever *EVER* auto reply to spam.
Yes, it does not work at all, as I soon discovered. The only viable option seems to be to delete all mail unseen from those to whom I have not written, and put up with the consequences. AB_______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
